A collection of photographs capturing the people and the vibrant atmosphere at the world famous blues venue, "Theresa's Lounge" in the late 1960s. The photographs portray the vigor of the gritty, garish, good-time, working class Chicago blues era when legends such as Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Otis Spann, Jimmy Rogers and Junior Wells performed down at Theresa's.
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The booming industries of Chicago acted as a magnet for rural migrants from the Delta region of the North Western Mississippi in the 1940's and 1950's. The often painful adjustments made by these new arrivals in the Windy City led to the rise of a new musical form: an electrified, urban version of the blues that was soon ringing out from the bars and clubs of the city's South Side.
The impact that this music was to have on the development of popular music in the 20th century is impossible to overstate - although its orignators were often not the ones to pocket the profits. Blues lyrics - concise, earthy, humorous, or downright dirty - encapsulated the urban experience as no music had done before.
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Marc PoKempner, the photographer, is a photojournalist living in Chicago whose interest in the blues scene dates from the late 1960's. He was a frequent visitor to Theresa's Lounge, located at 48th Street and Indiana Avenue. His work has been published in major magazines such as Time and Newsweek, and is included in the permenant collection of the Art Institue of Chicago.
Wolfgang Schorlau, the author, spent some time with the photographer in Chicago - the blues metropolis - and has written other articles on the blues scene.
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It's like I was there!,
By Chuck Stepner (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Down at Theresa's - Chicago Blues : The Photographs of Marc PoKempner (Hardcover)
A great glimpse of the blues. The pages reverberate with such a depth of feeling you can hear the music. A triumph in every way.
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Pictures worth 1,000 blue notes,
By Marshall Rosenthal (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Down at Theresa's - Chicago Blues : The Photographs of Marc PoKempner (Hardcover)
"Down at Theresa's" puts you visually into the Chicago blues world. PoKempner captures the people who are the music, while the blues plays through their image.
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